La Trobe University Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Theo Farrell celebrated the enduring strength of the Australian institution’s 30-year partnership with Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) during a visit in India today (31 January 2025).
Professor Farrell, who was joined on his visit by Victorian Commissioner to South Asia Michelle Wade, met with LSR Principal Professor Suman Sharma at the school’s South Delhi campus to recognise the significant 30th anniversary milestone. The partnership, one of La Trobe’s longest standing in India, enables the exchange of students between the two institutions, provides LSR staff with professional development opportunities at La Trobe and supports opportunities in research and innovation.
Professor Farrell said La Trobe was proud of its continuing partnership with LSR as it aligned with the University’s goals to build inclusive communities, advance academic excellence and lead transformative change. “Lady Shri Ram College is one of the most highly respected and successful institutions in India and we value the relationship we have forged over the past 30 years,” Professor Farrell said. “What began in a modest meeting room at La Trobe University in 1995, has flourished into one of our University’s most enduring and successful international partnerships.
“We look forward to developing and growing our partnership over the coming years as the two institutions continue to support women from diverse backgrounds to become tomorrow’s leaders.”
Professor Suman Sharma, Principal of Lady Shri Ram College for Women, extended a warm welcome to La Trobe’s Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Theo Farrell and Deputy Vice-Chancellor Future Growth, Dr Stacey Farraway, and gave special thanks to Victorian Commissioner Michelle Wade for joining them in celebrating thirty years of partnership with La Trobe University. “Commitment, integrity and exchange of knowledge besides students’ welfare is the hallmark of our partnership with La Trobe,” Professor Sharma said.
“The long-standing partnership was renewed with fresh vigor in 2023. Among top universities which signed the bilateral Exchange Agreements, LSR was proud to be one of the Colleges which signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in presence of Hon’ble Minister of Education, Dharmendra Pradhan, Australian Education Minister Honourable Jason Clare, along with a senior delegation from the Education sector.
“La Trobe’s former Vice-Chancellor, Professor John Dewar, and I signed the Agreements marking the partnership between LSR and La Trobe. Today as we celebrate three decades of collaboration and exchange, we extend our commitment in the forthcoming years to education and multiculturalism in a global world.”
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